Kasich Wins Approval of Medicaid Plan That Bypasses Legislature
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An Ohio legislative panel approved Governor John Kasich’s plan to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul over the protests of fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives.
The Ohio Controlling Board, a separate legislative entity that considers agencies’ spending requests, voted 5-2 today to take $2.56 billion in U.S. funds through fiscal 2015 to add 275,000 adults to the state-federal program for the poor.